B24861

Language code

eng, lat

Shelfmark

Lx.1.08

Author

Thomas, à Kempis

Uniform title

[Imitatio Christi., English]

Title

Of the imitation of Christ :, three, both for wisedome, & godlines, most excellent bookes /, made 170 yeeres since by one Thomas of Kempis, & for the worthines thereof oft since translated out of Latine into sundrie languages by diuers godlie and learned men ; now newly corrected, translated, and with most ample textes, and sentences of holie scripture illustrated by Thomas Rogers MDLXXX.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Published by the Essex House Press, 16a Brook Street, Bond Street, London, W,, MDCCCCIIII [1904].

Physical description

[2], 216p ;, 30cm.

Note

Edited by Ernest Godman.

Note

Translations of the first three books by Thomas Rogers and the final book by Lady Margaret Countess of Richmond.

Note

Title-page woodcut designed by C. R. Ashbee and cut by Alec Miller.

Note

Printed under C. R. Ashbee at the Essex House Press.

Note

Horizontal chain lines ; watermarked ; deckled edges ; leaves unopened.

Note

Original limp brown calf binding, with brown silk ties and gilt lettering on spine.

Note

ECL copy: No. 40 of 110 copies, being one of 100 on paper.

Note

Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.

Provenance

Ms. inscription: "Librum hunc E. L. Vaughan, dim college, nuper adiutori strenno forti fideli in memoriam iampridem incohata in spem mansura amicitia d.d. E. L., 1d. Oct. MCMXIII".

Added entry--name

Rogers, Thomas, tr.

Added entry--name

Ashbee, C. R., (Charles Robert), printer.

Added entry--name

Godman, Ernest, ed.

Added entry--name

Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby,, tr.

Added entry--name

Miller, Alec, woodcutter.

Added entry--name

Vaughan, E. L, (Edward Littleton), former owner.

Added entry--name

Essex House Press

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B24861

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260##$aLondon :$bPublished by the Essex House Press, 16a Brook Street, Bond Street, London, W,$cMDCCCCIIII [1904].

300##$a[2], 216p ;$c30cm.

500##$aEdited by Ernest Godman.

500##$aTranslations of the first three books by Thomas Rogers and the final book by Lady Margaret Countess of Richmond.

500##$aTitle-page woodcut designed by C. R. Ashbee and cut by Alec Miller.

500##$aPrinted under C. R. Ashbee at the Essex House Press.

500##$aHorizontal chain lines ; watermarked ; deckled edges ; leaves unopened.

500##$aOriginal limp brown calf binding, with brown silk ties and gilt lettering on spine.

500##$aECL copy: No. 40 of 110 copies, being one of 100 on paper.

500##$aMs. previous shelfmarks in pencil.

561##$aMs. inscription: "Librum hunc E. L. Vaughan, dim college, nuper adiutori strenno forti fideli in memoriam iampridem incohata in spem mansura amicitia d.d. E. L., 1d. Oct. MCMXIII".

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7001#$aGodman, Ernest$eed.

7001#$aBeaufort, Margaret$cCountess of Richmond and Derby,$etr.

7001#$aMiller, Alec$ewoodcutter.

7001#$aVaughan, E. L.$q(Edward Littleton)$eformer owner.

7102#$aEssex House Press

752##$aEngland$dLondon.